I had progressed to be able to drop from a higher altitude.  I packed my shoot with the help of my girlfriend, checked the gear, suited up, and got on the plane for another jump.  I had some allergies that were kicking in so I was not in the best health but it was not [...]

It was time to go off to the drop zone once again for me and my girlfriend.  She had chosen to only do tandem jumps due to the fact that she has epilepsy, which is not extreme; however, she does blank out from time to time.  She calls them blanks where she just stares off [...]

It was time to start working more with the equipment instead of simply doing the arch, reach, pull.  We went over how to flake the nose of the parachute on the ground before we went up for another great Arizona day of skydiving.  There are a number of ways to pack a parachute; however, it [...]

I found myself back at the skydiving drop zone once again and it was time for a ten second delay.  The last time I found myself on my back and I had practice the arch all week so I was all geared up and ready to go.  I went with my picture of health girlfriend [...]